African Theatre for Development acts as a forum for investigating how African Theatre works and what its place is in this postmodern society. It provides the subject with a degree of detail unmatched in previous books, reflecting a new approach to the study of the performing arts in this region. The collection:<br />

• reveals the dynamic position of the arts and culture in post-independent countries as well as changes in influences and audiences,<br />

• shows African theatre to be about aesthetics and rituals, the sociological and the political, the anthropological and the historical,<br />

• examines theatre's role as a performing art throughout the continent, representing ethnic identities and defining intercultural relationships,<br />

• investigates African theatre's capacity to combine contemporary cultural issues into the whole artistic fabric of performing arts, and<br />

• considers the variety of voices, forms and practices through which contemporary African intellectual circles are negotiating the forces of tradition and modernity.<br />

The book provides an opportunity to discover contemporary material from experts, critics and artists from across the world. The contributions are in a language and style that allow them to be read either as aids to formal study or as elements of discussion to interest the general reader.African Theatre for Development acts as a forum for investigating how African Theatre works and what its place is in this postmodern society. It provides the subject with a degree of detail unmatched in previous books, reflecting a new approach to the study of the performing arts in this region. The collection:<br />

• reveals the dynamic position of the arts and culture in post-independent countries as well as changes in influences and audiences,<br />

• shows African theatre to be about aesthetics and rituals, the sociological and the political, the anthropological and the historical,<br />

• examines theatre's role as a performing art throughout the continent, representing ethnic identities and defining intercultural relationships,<br />

• investigates African theatre's capacity to combine contemporary cultural issues into the whole artistic fabric of performing arts, and<br />

• considers the variety of voices, forms and practices through which contemporary African intellectual circles are negotiating the forces of tradition and modernity.<br />

The book provides an opportunity to discover contemporary material from experts, critics and artists from across the world. The contributions are in a language and style that allow them to be read either as aids to formal study or as elements of discussion to interest the general reader.